UCI Announces 2013 WorldTour calendar

The UCI announced today the 2013 WorldTour calendar. The UCI WorldTour encompasses the three grand tours and major classics, as well as the world’s most important weeklong stage races and one-day races. This year sees the Tour de France start at the end of June, while the Tour of Hangzhou, which was cancelled in 2012, is reinstated for the 2013 season. As in 2012, the season begins in January with the Tour Down Under, and ends in October with the Tour of Beijing.